In a room with red boxes and bundles of papers, the Duke of Wellington is busily working as more are carried in. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.

  • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
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27 July 1843
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37165i
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view In a room with red boxes and bundles of papers, the Duke of Wellington is busily working as more are carried in. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.

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In a room with red boxes and bundles of papers, the Duke of Wellington is busily working as more are carried in. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Members of the anti-corn law league applied to meet the Duke of Wellington, who declined. Here he is shown surrounded by a variety of public matters, positions and affairs that he was involved in

Publication/Creation

[London] (26 Haymarket) : T. McLean, 27 July 1843 ([London] : A. Ducôte's General Lith[ographi]c Estab[lishmen]t)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 25.2 x 32.8 cm + album.

Lettering

A duti-ful subject or "the man wot never interferes in any business over which he has no control" Extensive dialogue within the print. The Duke of Wellington exclaims: "confound those red boxes"

References note

An illustrated key to the political sketches of H.B., from no. 601, to no. 800, London 1844, pp.177-178

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Wellcome Collection 37165i

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